The BMW Serie 3 Touring from AC Schnitzer is anything but subtle

The BMW Serie 3 Touring from AC Schnitzer is going to win you over. This performance estate will delight fans of the Bavarian brand. Would you like to take a look?

If you want a really fast German premium sports car but don’t like the Audi Avants tuned by ABT, then this BMW Serie 3 Touring from AC Schnitzer might be to your liking.

In fact, they can improve almost every aspect of the G21 3 series, from engine performance to exhaust note, suspension, aerodynamics, wheels and, of course, the interior.

While upgrades for the BMW 320i, BMW 330i and BMW M340i xDrive are currently in development, the 330d xDrive can already be boosted from 265 CV and 580 Nm to 315 CV and 660 Nm of peak torque.

As far as the exhaust is concerned, the tuner will fit a sport silencer to the 320i, 330i and M340i (2 exhaust pipes in a right/left combination on each side), with a Sport Carbon, Sport Chrome or Sport Black finish. Meanwhile, the sport suspension will lower the ride height of your G21 by roughly 25 mm.

The BMW Serie 3 Touring we’ve all been waiting for

Customers can opt for AC1 lightweight alloy wheels in 19 or 20 inches, in two-tone or anthracite, to go with the aggressive-looking body kit, which consists of front spoiler elements, a front splitter, side skirts (for all models with the M Package), rear diffuser, rear roof spoiler, rear skirt protector film, plus custom badges.

As for the interior (which, unfortunately, isn’t shown here), AC Schnitzer offers custom gear shift paddles, aluminium pedals, aluminium footrests and even an aluminium key holder.

It seems the tuners are getting their models right, as they are responding to the demand from enthusiasts who have been loudly asking for a performance Touring model for years. AC Schnitzer is not the only tuner to have worked on such a model, and at SEMA 2019 we saw one of the most anticipated models: an BMW M3 CS Touring.

The touring body style of the latest-generation 3 Series was known as the F81. Sander, the creator of this impressive BMW M3 Touring, had a simple idea that many of us would never have acted on: he bought a crashed BMW M3 and put the good parts into a BMW Serie 3 Touring F81.